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and i think particularly in 2013 in the environment where it does not. on the women of the spectrum when i call the newspapers used to be the dominant news delivery method. it's now "the new york times" also the huffingtonpost.com, the daily beast. it gives you information about what happened jester date. it tends to be hit line driven cut it tends to be what you read at 9 a.m.. it's part of my media every day and part of everyone's media digest. on the other end of the spectrum it is a starkly -- historic the their fan magazines and it's been largely about storytelling wedding of things like "the new york times" magazine or the new yorker or other relief venerable new yorker books, other really venerable publications which take time to read and context and it pretty educated audience. for us we are trying to position ourselves in the space in between the two. the goal at the new republic is to do great writing, the type that is as good if not better than some of the magazines that have made their names in great riding but to do it about important and ti
and i think particularly in 2013 in the environment where it does not. on the women of the spectrum when i call the newspapers used to be the dominant news delivery method. it's now "the new york times" also the huffingtonpost.com, the daily beast. it gives you information about what happened jester date. it tends to be hit line driven cut it tends to be what you read at 9 a.m.. it's part of my media every day and part of everyone's media digest. on the other end of the spectrum it is...
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that is the best, most stable environment for children. if marriage was solely about the relationship between two people, we would not bother to enshrine in law, nor would every culture and society and religion for thousands of years investors so much importance because it is about protecting the future. marriage then it's not about me, me, me. it is not about my race, not about my relationships being legally facilitated. it is about a secure environment for creating and raising children based on my phone commitments and exclusivity. marriage is also profoundly pro-woman since it is generally man who is a great propensity to wander off into other relationships. women in general that early left holding the baby. we have to get away from it to ever on life can be forced through merciless present of a quality. i'm a conservative. i do believe we should be concerned with the quality, but not the expense of every other consideration, not the extensive tradition. we should be in the business of protecting institutions and cultural heritage, othe
that is the best, most stable environment for children. if marriage was solely about the relationship between two people, we would not bother to enshrine in law, nor would every culture and society and religion for thousands of years investors so much importance because it is about protecting the future. marriage then it's not about me, me, me. it is not about my race, not about my relationships being legally facilitated. it is about a secure environment for creating and raising children based...
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with the environment we are operating in? whether we needed in order to innovate, mr. xiaonian, please. [speaking chinese] >> translator: you were talking about reform. i don't think what happens next or how to do it. in fact, we know how. we've been doing this for decades. this is an issue of determination, political will now. we now talk more, doing nothing at all. this is all empty talk. how long is this going to last? i think the priority is not to sequence every form. so what are the tasks we need? you say we are talking only, but we are doing some thing. what is that we haven't been doing? what should we do? >> the state sector needs to shrink in the last two years. the state sector is expanding. this is the opposite of the direction we know is there low efficiency. resources moved from a highly efficient private sector to deliver efficient the state senator, sophie talk about reform, the state sector needs to continue to be shrunk, like the beginning of the reform. we need to be serious about shrinking the state dirt cummock are in the air. talking about reformi
with the environment we are operating in? whether we needed in order to innovate, mr. xiaonian, please. [speaking chinese] >> translator: you were talking about reform. i don't think what happens next or how to do it. in fact, we know how. we've been doing this for decades. this is an issue of determination, political will now. we now talk more, doing nothing at all. this is all empty talk. how long is this going to last? i think the priority is not to sequence every form. so what are the...
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that's very difficult in today's political environment. i had two touchdowns who helped me, that helping actually stay grounded as i carry out my lofty responsibilities as majority leader. the first was to occupy what is called the leaders desk. allen knows that will. you look at it everyday as our senate parliamentarian. the leaders desk is a very special special place. it has an ink well and a snuffbox. you pull open the drawer, and their you see the carved and written and handcarved signature of every leader who is occupied that desk. it won't surprise you that lbj is the largest and hardest carved in that drawer. but you look at that desk, and you witnessed those signatures. if that doesn't make you feel part of history, i don't know what ever will. senators who sit at those desks take on the challenge to guard and protect the liberties guaranteed in our constitution. it's the same challenge really that our soldiers take on as they fight and protect this great republic and democracy and distant lands. for which a million men and women
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it's certainly a function of the environment and it's really not that unusual for us to come together and frankly some of the coverage. conversations on the hill pitting one against the other when in fact both are critical to our security safety. you can't have a strong military when you are outsourcing science and technology are when you have recruits that are obese and uneducated. at the same time, you can't drive in the united states if you are facing threats from overseas and you feel insecure in your own home in your own community. so we are really pleased to come together. i think we've also seen we are going to rise and fall together. in this debate, that is what has happened so far. working separately was outworking clearly appeared coming together, trying something new, speaking with one voice we are hopeful we can have an impact and stop sequestration in the next three weeks. >> yes, emily, and my former life i am a professor we could not in the idea that i would be sitting next to ceo and chairman of a major defense contractor with the last thing in my mind. but i learned s
it's certainly a function of the environment and it's really not that unusual for us to come together and frankly some of the coverage. conversations on the hill pitting one against the other when in fact both are critical to our security safety. you can't have a strong military when you are outsourcing science and technology are when you have recruits that are obese and uneducated. at the same time, you can't drive in the united states if you are facing threats from overseas and you feel...
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it is about a secure environment raising children based on life-long commitments and exclusivity. marriage is also profoundly pro woman, since it is generally men who have the great propensity to want to wander off into other relationships. women in general are literally left holding the baby. we have to get away from the idea that every single thing in life can be forced through the merciless prism of equal. i am a conservative. i do believe we should be concerned for the quality but not at the expense of every other consideration. not at the expense of tradition. we should be in the business of protecting cherished institutions and our cultural heritage. otherwise what, ask, is the conservative party for? indeed, we are alienating people who voted for us for all their lives, leading them with no one to -- leaving them with no one to vote for. i was just asked this comment from a lady who e-mailed me. as a gay woman in a 24-year-old relationship i commend you for your stand against the nonsense now being perpetrated by the government. we have civil partnerships to give legal prot
it is about a secure environment raising children based on life-long commitments and exclusivity. marriage is also profoundly pro woman, since it is generally men who have the great propensity to want to wander off into other relationships. women in general are literally left holding the baby. we have to get away from the idea that every single thing in life can be forced through the merciless prism of equal. i am a conservative. i do believe we should be concerned for the quality but not at...
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you made the point and a lot of people have thought livestock are not the world takes a toll on the environment, etc.. yet you meet in the stores and we talk about this some people would say okay well here is john mackey talking about how we have to do the right thing and this is a greater mission and purpose and on the other side he's chasing profits. how do you put those together? >> guest: perfection is not one of the options we have and i don't think it is a trade-off. oftentimes if you look for the trade-offs you will find trade-offs. that is the we the the amount of local mind works. it goes in and tries to take things apart and find the trade-off. i say when you find the trade-off in the business it is a failure of imagination and creativity that couldn't find or hasn't yet found that strategy. in in the example that you use, the reality of the fact is that we are in business to serve our customers and our customers vote when they come into our stores and if we are not prepared to sell them the food they want to buy it isn't so much that we are chasing profits as we are trying to create
you made the point and a lot of people have thought livestock are not the world takes a toll on the environment, etc.. yet you meet in the stores and we talk about this some people would say okay well here is john mackey talking about how we have to do the right thing and this is a greater mission and purpose and on the other side he's chasing profits. how do you put those together? >> guest: perfection is not one of the options we have and i don't think it is a trade-off. oftentimes if...
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that is the best, most stable environment for children. if marriage was solely about the relationship between two people, we would not bother to enshrine in law, nor would every culture and society and religion for thousands of years investors so much importance because it is about protecting the future. marriage then it's not about me, me, me. it is not about my race, not about my relationships being legally facilitated. it is about a secure environment for creating and raising children based on my phone commitments and exclusivity. marriage is also profoundly pro-woman since it is generally man who is a great propensity to wander off into other relationships. women in general that early left holding the baby. we have to get away from it to ever on life can be forced through merciless present of a quality. i'm a conservative. i do believe we should be concerned with the quality, but not the expense of every other consideration, not the extensive tradition. we should be in the business of protecting institutions and cultural heritage, othe
that is the best, most stable environment for children. if marriage was solely about the relationship between two people, we would not bother to enshrine in law, nor would every culture and society and religion for thousands of years investors so much importance because it is about protecting the future. marriage then it's not about me, me, me. it is not about my race, not about my relationships being legally facilitated. it is about a secure environment for creating and raising children based...
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do you see this environment changing in any sort of fundamental way? >> well, i think what gets confused in the discussion on loopholes or tax expenditures is that there's two issues. one is do you want the particular subsidy or spending-like item that you've got, and, second, do you want it in the tax code? actually, that's the third issue, the tax code in a budget sense, and do you want the tie rapts to administer it? first issue, whether you want to the provision seems to me is the same issue you got with direct spending items. doo i want to subsidize wanes? that's earned income tax credit, and this is one item i favor. i favor weighed sub subsidies aw income level with income distribution. i don't like the budget accounting for it because it feels like it's a tax cut when it's an expenditure. it makes it easier to enact that way. it has the same effect as direct expenditure. it's a rare exception of the tax code i don't want irs to administer it, but for weight subsidies, the fact that employers issue w 2s, i think they can administer. separate the
do you see this environment changing in any sort of fundamental way? >> well, i think what gets confused in the discussion on loopholes or tax expenditures is that there's two issues. one is do you want the particular subsidy or spending-like item that you've got, and, second, do you want it in the tax code? actually, that's the third issue, the tax code in a budget sense, and do you want the tie rapts to administer it? first issue, whether you want to the provision seems to me is the...
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a competitive environment where schools compete for students rather than the other way around, gives every child from the inner city of washington to the streets of los angeles, an equal chance at a greater debt any. -- greater destiny. one of our priorities in the house will be to move heaven and earth to fix our education system for the most vulnerable. when those children graduate from high school we must expand their choices and college has got to be an option. in 1980, the average cost of college was roughly $8,000 a year. today it's over 20,000. and less than 60% of the students who enroll in a four-year program graduate within six years. clearly something is broken. now, according to president obama's former jobs council, by 2020 there will be a million and a half jobs without the college graduates to fill them. while there is persistent unmet demands of four to five hundred thousand job next the healthcare sector alone. recent reports indicate that there are not enough skilled applicants to fill the jobs in the booming natural gas industry. now, suppose college is provided pr
a competitive environment where schools compete for students rather than the other way around, gives every child from the inner city of washington to the streets of los angeles, an equal chance at a greater debt any. -- greater destiny. one of our priorities in the house will be to move heaven and earth to fix our education system for the most vulnerable. when those children graduate from high school we must expand their choices and college has got to be an option. in 1980, the average cost of...
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your flour, the things that allow you to exist in that harsh environment. and the third thing was, there was concern that national elite without troy touareg culture. the one thing with the touareg that i discovered they call themselves -- it's the people of the speaking language. their recognition is the whole culture in the language. and so what happened is after mali's independence we see a pattern over the years of, you know, forcing the children, the touareg children in the north to learn southern languages and pushing out language and culture is a no no amongst the touareg in the north. fast forward after the second rebellion. we move to a period of temporary peace and stability. now algeria stepped in and there was a brokered agreement. i won't go to the details of it. we can bring this up in to the discussions. and we move forward to the years of 2006, 2009, when there was a third rebellion. again, all coming back to grievances that the touareg were never, you know, dealt with. what happens during 2006 to 2009, there was an interesting dynamic. it w
your flour, the things that allow you to exist in that harsh environment. and the third thing was, there was concern that national elite without troy touareg culture. the one thing with the touareg that i discovered they call themselves -- it's the people of the speaking language. their recognition is the whole culture in the language. and so what happened is after mali's independence we see a pattern over the years of, you know, forcing the children, the touareg children in the north to learn...
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that makes up the strategic corporal these days and the environment we're in. strength is one minor issue. get over it. >> i agree with most of what martha said. [laughter] i think it's very important when we're discussing females, nothing -- we are talking about very physical demanding jobs. you have to have a certain physical standard, and it's very tough to be in one of these units if you do not meet the requirements so -- >> i agree. >> it is heavy. you have to leave your -- it seems like many -- that's what i hear in norway, well, we're so technology advanced, we don't need the physical standard anymore. that's not the truth. patrolling in afghanistan, i did that last year, it's still -- i wouldn't used words, but it's still very hard. [laughter] >> i totally agree. >> yeah, good. the other part, i was also concerned when i heard dempsey about the critical mass because i think you will have a very hard time implementing female in these branches if you are obsessed by certain shares and numbers. at the same time, honestly, i've been the only one for many ye
that makes up the strategic corporal these days and the environment we're in. strength is one minor issue. get over it. >> i agree with most of what martha said. [laughter] i think it's very important when we're discussing females, nothing -- we are talking about very physical demanding jobs. you have to have a certain physical standard, and it's very tough to be in one of these units if you do not meet the requirements so -- >> i agree. >> it is heavy. you have to leave your...
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what makes it special is that we have a social market economy and we have focused on environment and climate issues. we will also try to make a good basis of that. and all of the other things that make europe special. what we need to do is to change what we feel is our core values. we need to do this come as, as i have tried to do back home in denmark. we have done three things. first of all, we have kept an extremely tight budget. we have adopted a budget legislation and we can no longer exceed our budget from here on turn year-to-year. all of this means that we have a very low interest rate in denmark, we have become a safe haven. a tight budget is important. the second thing is to be on a reform friendly. we have performed so much the last year that i don't think it has any comparison in our history. we have performed early retirement, and we have now reformed the benefit system. we are trying to reform the education system. we have been on a big frenzy. there then come i feel that this is important. we have tried to bring balance into our budget. at the same time, having a focus
what makes it special is that we have a social market economy and we have focused on environment and climate issues. we will also try to make a good basis of that. and all of the other things that make europe special. what we need to do is to change what we feel is our core values. we need to do this come as, as i have tried to do back home in denmark. we have done three things. first of all, we have kept an extremely tight budget. we have adopted a budget legislation and we can no longer...
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in an environment and rules that work for them so things like no budget, no pay, bipartisan seeking of the house floor, so we are not always a nation divided, even with our leaders. i want to share a video with your from congressman jack kingston of georgia and the message he has about a unique relationship he has developed. let's see what he had to say. >> the thing i really don't like about k-9 is a have to sit next to jim moran. ever the don't like jim grant. it turns out were friends. he gave me a ride home that night. i would have walked if not for my arch enemy, nemesis, a democrat jim moran. that is the problem with "no labels," you start liking people he is a good guy. i always liked him anyhow, but those kinds of relationships can take place because what happens in washington just at the time when you have decided don't like somebody something like k-9 brings you together, you get to know him, and you find that your the one that was wrong. this is a great group, lots of potential, and by a wall behind it. [applause] >> that is a great message from a republican from georgia abo
in an environment and rules that work for them so things like no budget, no pay, bipartisan seeking of the house floor, so we are not always a nation divided, even with our leaders. i want to share a video with your from congressman jack kingston of georgia and the message he has about a unique relationship he has developed. let's see what he had to say. >> the thing i really don't like about k-9 is a have to sit next to jim moran. ever the don't like jim grant. it turns out were friends....
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for the sake of our nation's economy, for national security and the world's environment, we must strive to produce the largest possible percentage of our oil needs domestically and endeavored to obtain imports from neighbors and strong allies, whether they be canada, mexico, tapping our potential and restoring trust in our people will be a breakthrough in itself. within our report, we set out a number of them port goals and these are generally centered around where we need to be by 2020. but we can be fully energy independent from opec. we can diversify the use of: accelerate commercialization of today's unconventional and alternative fuels. we can ensure that renewable energy becomes more competitive and reestablish our supply chain for critical minerals. we can modernize electricity infrastructure to protect ourselves from cyberthreats. we can ensure that research, rather than at the speculation is the force behind the technological innovation. we can reform our environmental laws in a sensible manner that prevents the misuse of the last projects to proceed while still maintaining som
for the sake of our nation's economy, for national security and the world's environment, we must strive to produce the largest possible percentage of our oil needs domestically and endeavored to obtain imports from neighbors and strong allies, whether they be canada, mexico, tapping our potential and restoring trust in our people will be a breakthrough in itself. within our report, we set out a number of them port goals and these are generally centered around where we need to be by 2020. but we...
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yet there was luck, but the skillful strategist is one who recognizes the lucky environment and knows what to do with it. i'd agree with you completely. >> we're going to have to close this off but thank you. do you have any comments about petraeus coming back to public life? >> not going to come back to public life in the sense of political life? but i think in a few months you'll see him reemerging. he has been adviced -- his career counselor this same guy who advised president clinton after his own stint, and he advises a lot of people, and he is very good at at it. so i think that you haven't seen the last of him. >> thank you so much. [applause] >> on your screen is a photograph taken in 1942 in buffalo, new york. university of pennsylvania professor barney zoehler, what are we looking at. >> we're looking at woman who committed suicide during that year, and a photographer happened to be passing by and took the picture. the picture appeared in "life" and won widely acclaimed awards for having been able to capture the moment at the personal's death. the moment at which the person
yet there was luck, but the skillful strategist is one who recognizes the lucky environment and knows what to do with it. i'd agree with you completely. >> we're going to have to close this off but thank you. do you have any comments about petraeus coming back to public life? >> not going to come back to public life in the sense of political life? but i think in a few months you'll see him reemerging. he has been adviced -- his career counselor this same guy who advised president...
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when we've overheated environment, the environment so irreversibly that no one can live here. but we can't support the kyoto accord which may be in itself too little too late. we can't because we're exceptional, and we listen to no one on anything. it is the worst kind of devastating stupidity that one would want to see in a country we like to describe as the greatest country in the world. it is so saddening. and in a democracy we all have a responsibility, for we are all democrats. and we all have to make it account to us for what it duds. for what it does. which means that we all have to be enlightened, we all have to know something about what it's doing and then participate. and i don't think we do that very well either. we seem to be diverted by the most frivolous stupidities. and television has done us no service either. >> host: mr. robinson, i think it's in "defending the spirit" you talk about reading people by looking at their face shape or characters of their face; the shape of their face, whether it's round or angola. >> guest: did i say that? >> host: uh-huh. >> gu
when we've overheated environment, the environment so irreversibly that no one can live here. but we can't support the kyoto accord which may be in itself too little too late. we can't because we're exceptional, and we listen to no one on anything. it is the worst kind of devastating stupidity that one would want to see in a country we like to describe as the greatest country in the world. it is so saddening. and in a democracy we all have a responsibility, for we are all democrats. and we all...
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it makes it a very hard to work in that environment because we don't have great intelligence on these organizations. we don't know what we are doing in afghanistan and we don't know what we are doing in iraq. islamic we don't know how to go in or how to get out. >> and we have learned that. >> one last question, since you have security clearance when you make a speech or write a book to you have to have clearance? >> who asked that question? i want to speak to you afterwards. i've never submitted any speech or article. this book was submitted these are suggestions or called for. i made some and provided footnotes to display with others and i challenged the ones that i thought had nothing to do with classified material and never heard anything again. laughter irca of 63 very much. [applause] >> a great way to leave it. [applause] >> thank you very much for the session. islamic we will have book signings and the library. >> former treasury secretary working on the u.s. financial crisis as well as his tenure as the president of the federal reserve bank of new york. a website for but reco
it makes it a very hard to work in that environment because we don't have great intelligence on these organizations. we don't know what we are doing in afghanistan and we don't know what we are doing in iraq. islamic we don't know how to go in or how to get out. >> and we have learned that. >> one last question, since you have security clearance when you make a speech or write a book to you have to have clearance? >> who asked that question? i want to speak to you afterwards....
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her human rights are being violated because we have not provided her a safe of, secure environment in which she can live and grow. so we've got to hold each of us individually accountable, um, and do so in a way that honors each other's basic humanity can and basic human rights, assures that we create safe and thriving communities, caring communities. but we can't simply resort to shame and blame and get caught up in a wave of punitiveness that makes us less safe and ultimately denies the basic humanity, um, of those we claim to care about. >> thank you. >> thanks. >> thank you. my name is james -- [inaudible] and i'd like to just thank you for bringing this presentation to this area of the country. i think it needs it more than most of the area, especially here in this area. but i have a concern that i really like your approach that you've taken to this. it's like a root cause analysis of what has caused the massive incarceration of so many african-americans and that you've used data and statistics to lay out. my question has to do with where is the african-american churches when it
her human rights are being violated because we have not provided her a safe of, secure environment in which she can live and grow. so we've got to hold each of us individually accountable, um, and do so in a way that honors each other's basic humanity can and basic human rights, assures that we create safe and thriving communities, caring communities. but we can't simply resort to shame and blame and get caught up in a wave of punitiveness that makes us less safe and ultimately denies the basic...
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some nations create an environment so difficult that many have relocated and the global imbalance is as lee export less and import now or and other changing policies are becoming more competitive. fortunately blazing trails into new frontiers is what america has always done best. to set the stage for this
some nations create an environment so difficult that many have relocated and the global imbalance is as lee export less and import now or and other changing policies are becoming more competitive. fortunately blazing trails into new frontiers is what america has always done best. to set the stage for this
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the point i would like to make is that in establishing ott, tom created an environment built around using serious and objective and economical analysis to inform that indications policymaking functions at a critical time in american history took place. a junction where we would continue the communications and embrace our more traditional reliance on open entry in the competitive free enterprise system. at that important juncture, it was a division that lend themselves to technical and economic analyses, if you will. in the case of open skies, there were enough parking spaces to accommodate competitive entry also. they were not enough parking spot, but likewise committee argued that the propelling economies or scale for natural monopoly characteristics associated with the network and it would make competitive entry inefficient or unwise from a public policy perspective. a similar question and other crucial areas, such as the innovations market and the satellite mobile radio field, as i would look around the audience, i see so many people that were involved and played key roles in these stu
the point i would like to make is that in establishing ott, tom created an environment built around using serious and objective and economical analysis to inform that indications policymaking functions at a critical time in american history took place. a junction where we would continue the communications and embrace our more traditional reliance on open entry in the competitive free enterprise system. at that important juncture, it was a division that lend themselves to technical and economic...
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now we are developing alternative ways to conduct oversight in afghanistan's evolving security environment. for example we have local nationals on our staff who are not subject to the same security restrictions that our american employees are. in some cases we may have to rely on them. we are also exploring the use of geospatial imaging and finally we will continue to cooperate and work with our other inspector general's offices to see if we can combine our activities are come up with the best practices to do oversight. these tools are helpful but they are not perfect. the golden standard, the gold standard i should say on oversight is a u.s. government employee who is trained to do oversight going out and inspecting a site and kicking the tires. but unfortunaunfortuna tely they may not be able to do that for very much longer in afghanistan. i am particularly grateful to ambassador cunningham and general allen for their continued expressions of support for our work. both promise me during my latest visit that they would ensure that our people would be able to access the same locations that
now we are developing alternative ways to conduct oversight in afghanistan's evolving security environment. for example we have local nationals on our staff who are not subject to the same security restrictions that our american employees are. in some cases we may have to rely on them. we are also exploring the use of geospatial imaging and finally we will continue to cooperate and work with our other inspector general's offices to see if we can combine our activities are come up with the best...
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what makes it special is that we have a social market economy and we have focused on environment and climate issues. we will also try to make a good basis of that. and all of the other things that make europe special. what we need to do is to change what we feel is our core values. we need to do this come as, as i have tried to do back home in denmark. we have done three things. first of all, we have kept an extremely tight budget. we have adopted a budget legislation and we can no longer exceed our budget from here on turn year-to-year. all of this means that we have a very low interest rate in denmark, we have become a safe haven. a tight budget is important. the second thing is to be on a reform friendly. we have performed so much the last year that i don't think it has any comparison in our history. we have performed early retirement, and we have now reformed the benefit system. we are trying to reform the education system. we have been on a big frenzy. there then come i feel that this is important. we have tried to bring balance into our budget. at the same time, having a focus
what makes it special is that we have a social market economy and we have focused on environment and climate issues. we will also try to make a good basis of that. and all of the other things that make europe special. what we need to do is to change what we feel is our core values. we need to do this come as, as i have tried to do back home in denmark. we have done three things. first of all, we have kept an extremely tight budget. we have adopted a budget legislation and we can no longer...
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we must have an environment where u.s. headquartered companies can't compete effectively on a global basis because that's where 95% of the world's population is. so my conclusion investing in basic research and our universities has been critical to america's success over the past fifty years, and i believe it will be more important going forward. and i'm happy to answer any questions. >> thank you mr. templeton. dr. jackson? >> chairman smith, ranking member, and distinguished member of the committee. thank you for the opportunity testify before you on american competitiveness. the role of research and development. i have to say that -- the politic knick institute graduates have been a part of america's policy through discovery and innovation since the university was founded in 1824. more importantly, americans held prosperity, security and global leadership depend upon our strength as you have heard in science and technology. our investment in scientific research and education have made a difference in people's lives. let
we must have an environment where u.s. headquartered companies can't compete effectively on a global basis because that's where 95% of the world's population is. so my conclusion investing in basic research and our universities has been critical to america's success over the past fifty years, and i believe it will be more important going forward. and i'm happy to answer any questions. >> thank you mr. templeton. dr. jackson? >> chairman smith, ranking member, and distinguished...
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example of jack bringing investigative reporting to the civil-rights story and the other is the fbi environment, killing, the meridian bombing, the attempted set up by the fbi that led to the arrest of tommy terence, murder in athens. tell me if you would the impact having that kind of news coverage on the movement had on sort of the national understanding of what was going on. >> we really understood the press as educational tv. everything that had been going on that we were involved in had been going on for 100 years. it was hard to get it out. because this is 1963, i was reminded that fred shuttlesworking to get martin luther king on the seventeenth of december to promise he would come to birmingham this year but that is because on the fourteenth or fifteenth fred's church had been bombed for the third time in 1962. there had been 16 bombings of homes that receive no publicity. fred shuttlesworth was quite frank that he needed martin luther king to come over there to give intention to this in just this. one of my other good friends, a guy who had been with us in the movement from camera man,
example of jack bringing investigative reporting to the civil-rights story and the other is the fbi environment, killing, the meridian bombing, the attempted set up by the fbi that led to the arrest of tommy terence, murder in athens. tell me if you would the impact having that kind of news coverage on the movement had on sort of the national understanding of what was going on. >> we really understood the press as educational tv. everything that had been going on that we were involved in...
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it is better for our environment and for our economy. if we hope to rebuild and maintain a world-class economy, we must build the 21st century infrastructure to support economy. renewing these investments is not only the right thing to do for our country, it is the right thing to do for our economy. in the last four years, the president has repeatedly reached across the aisle to republicans suggesting we find common ground for the sake of recovery. tonight will be no differentment. he will reach across that aisle. i suspect his proposes will include ideas supported by both republicans and democrats. i hope my republican colleagues will give his vision the consideration it deserves. tonight he will also propose a balanced alternative to the devastating automatic spending cuts that take effect next month. the democrats believe we should prevent these cuts to both mils military and to the initiatives that help middle-class families prosper. remember, the republicans in the senate and in the house voted for these harsh measures. we could eas
it is better for our environment and for our economy. if we hope to rebuild and maintain a world-class economy, we must build the 21st century infrastructure to support economy. renewing these investments is not only the right thing to do for our country, it is the right thing to do for our economy. in the last four years, the president has repeatedly reached across the aisle to republicans suggesting we find common ground for the sake of recovery. tonight will be no differentment. he will...
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as i said going forward, we intend to adapt the security environment, to ensure that we're better positioned and prepared to support the department of state, in securing our facilities around the world. but in order to be able to effectively protect the american and our interests abroad, at time type instability, we must have an agile and ready force, able to quickly respond, and above all, and forgive me for being repetitious -- we have got to end the cloud of budget uncertainty that hangs over the department of defense and the entire u.s. government. i've got to use this opportunity to express again my greatest concern as secretary, and frankly, one of the greatest security risks we're now facing as a anyway that this budget uncertainty could prompt the most significant readiness military readiness crisis in more than a decade. the department of defense faces the prospect of sequestration on march 1st. if congress fails to, sequestration is triggered. and if we also must operate under a year-long continuing resolution, we would be faced with having to take about 46-plus billion dollars out
as i said going forward, we intend to adapt the security environment, to ensure that we're better positioned and prepared to support the department of state, in securing our facilities around the world. but in order to be able to effectively protect the american and our interests abroad, at time type instability, we must have an agile and ready force, able to quickly respond, and above all, and forgive me for being repetitious -- we have got to end the cloud of budget uncertainty that hangs...
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when we've overheated environment, the environment so irreversibly that no one can live here. but we can't support the kyoto accord which may be in itself too little too late. we can't because we're exceptional, and we listen to no one on anything. it is the worst kind of devastating stupidity that one would want to see in a country we like to describe as the greatest country in the world. it is so saddening. and in a democracy we all have a responsibility, for we are all democrats. and we all have to make it account to us for what it duds. for what it does. which means that we all have to be enlightened, we all have to know something about what it's doing and then participate. and i don't think we do that very well either. we seem to be diverted by the most frivolous stupidities. and television has done us no service either. >> host: mr. robinson, i think it's in "defending the spirit" you talk about reading people by looking at their face shape or characters of their face; the shape of their face, whether it's round or angola. >> guest: did i say that? >> host: uh-huh. >> gu
when we've overheated environment, the environment so irreversibly that no one can live here. but we can't support the kyoto accord which may be in itself too little too late. we can't because we're exceptional, and we listen to no one on anything. it is the worst kind of devastating stupidity that one would want to see in a country we like to describe as the greatest country in the world. it is so saddening. and in a democracy we all have a responsibility, for we are all democrats. and we all...
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in these environments good news is bad for equity markets because it means left q.e. buying. meanwhile, bad economics news is good for markets because it means that more easy money is on the way. and now we rest the perils unwinding the policy. economists are beginning to discuss the likelihood that the fed will take significant losses on assets that it's purchased. we just had one of the fed governors in our office last week sharing with us that as we begin unwinding these balance sheets, it's very likely, as you can imagine, as interest rates go up and the fed begins to buy these -- to buy these securities, we're going to lose money on those assets. so it's likely that the fed is going to take significant losses on the assets purchased. since the fed is buying these bonds at record-low yields, they will likely sell them down the road at higher yields. i don't think there's anybody right now that disagrees with that probability. the effect of this is a permanent increase in monetary supply. this is an incredibly perverse situation that we have now locked ourselves into. mr.
in these environments good news is bad for equity markets because it means left q.e. buying. meanwhile, bad economics news is good for markets because it means that more easy money is on the way. and now we rest the perils unwinding the policy. economists are beginning to discuss the likelihood that the fed will take significant losses on assets that it's purchased. we just had one of the fed governors in our office last week sharing with us that as we begin unwinding these balance sheets, it's...
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a competitive environment where schools compete for students rather than the other way around gives every child from the inner city of washington to the streets of los angeles an equal chance at a greater destiny. now, one of our priorities this year and a house would be to move heaven and earth to fix her education system for the most vulnerable. and when those children graduate from high school, we must expand their choices, and college has got to be an option. in 1980, the average cost of college was roughly $8000 a year. today, it is over 20,000, and less than 60% of the students who enroll in a for your program graduate within six years. clearly, something is broken. according to president obama's former jobs council, by 2020 would be a million and have jobs without the college graduates to fill them. while there is a persistent unmet demand of four to 500,000 job openings and health care sector alone. recent reports indicate that there are not enough skilled applicants to fill the jobs in the booming natural gas industry. now, suppose colleges provided prospective students with reli
a competitive environment where schools compete for students rather than the other way around gives every child from the inner city of washington to the streets of los angeles an equal chance at a greater destiny. now, one of our priorities this year and a house would be to move heaven and earth to fix her education system for the most vulnerable. and when those children graduate from high school, we must expand their choices, and college has got to be an option. in 1980, the average cost of...
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in particular at least some of us are quite concerned about the handoff that occurs in the environment where essentially there is no particular incentive for the acute care to really track what occurs when someone approaches you. there have been less attention to mission strategist and whether or not we are seeing really kind of a disincentive to do so that it's really that much broader question which is how do you encourage the full array of providers to take care of her particular patient began to coordinate much more closely in terms of the utilization of services and subhandling is really i think at some of us think about an attempt to try and look at those incentives and to try and do a better job of helping patients manage throughout that full array of services so that from a pre-adme episode to a postacute management over time that there is more attention given to those handoffs and more coordination in terms of the sharing of information so the patient isn't having to reestablish the dataset every time they see a different or bite or whether they go from an acute care hospital
in particular at least some of us are quite concerned about the handoff that occurs in the environment where essentially there is no particular incentive for the acute care to really track what occurs when someone approaches you. there have been less attention to mission strategist and whether or not we are seeing really kind of a disincentive to do so that it's really that much broader question which is how do you encourage the full array of providers to take care of her particular patient...
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at the national taxpayers union, and before that he served as legislative assistant to alex energy environment and agricultural and civil justice tax forces. finally, we will hear from reihan salam on the substance and the politics of immigration reform. reihan salam is a nonfiction writer and a policy analyst. is a policy advisor for economics 21, a contributing editor at "national review" and a columnist for reuters opinion and dcma contributed. after each of our panelists be, we will take questions from the audience so please wait for a microphone before you ask your question as the event is being live stream and w we would like you to be picked up. finally, please form any statement released in the form of the question. thanks, and i will turn it over to alex. >> thank you laura, and is a pleasure to be here tonight. this is the earliest i've been out of the office in weeks, based on how much this issue has been in the news was a pleasure to be here. so i think a pivotal question is what should a supporter of free market and private enterprise think about immigration. what should a good po
at the national taxpayers union, and before that he served as legislative assistant to alex energy environment and agricultural and civil justice tax forces. finally, we will hear from reihan salam on the substance and the politics of immigration reform. reihan salam is a nonfiction writer and a policy analyst. is a policy advisor for economics 21, a contributing editor at "national review" and a columnist for reuters opinion and dcma contributed. after each of our panelists be, we...
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we do not want to exclude students in the school environment equivalent to keep them. we understand all students are not perfect. we want to take you where you are and we're going to work with you. that's a big, big fun the middle shift in philosophy on how to deal with this behavior in schools. and so these three things are a perfect example of what you can do in your own states if you want to take that the. and then finally, i want to touch on, some you may have heard of a judge from clayton county georgia, he's developed this model of collaboration between juvenile court, the school, the police, and the county social service agency and county mental health. and in essence what they've done is develop a protocol that requires all misdemeanors to be dealt with at school. no more referrals to the juvenile court for misdemeanors. on the first occurrence and on the second occurrence. the first occurrence is a warning. a second occurrence, you are referred to a panel that has community service providers in the county mental health and county social service agencies, and y
we do not want to exclude students in the school environment equivalent to keep them. we understand all students are not perfect. we want to take you where you are and we're going to work with you. that's a big, big fun the middle shift in philosophy on how to deal with this behavior in schools. and so these three things are a perfect example of what you can do in your own states if you want to take that the. and then finally, i want to touch on, some you may have heard of a judge from clayton...
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the good news is it is much better for the environment. but there has been a cost associated with that. so, costs are up and the lending is not what it once was. so we have many -- i showed you the small fleets are not growing the number of trucks they operate. in part the reason they are doing that, and i also showed you the age has gone up significantly so they are not worth as much as a 3-year-old truck, so we have many small fleets having to sell used trucks to afford one new one. part of that is because they cannot get financing for as much so they have to put more down. the of a thing on this that i have seen over the last two years is lease financing used to be 10%. any trucks that you would acquire in a year especially the smaller fleets would be maybe 10% of the trucks would be from the finance leasing and the rest of the purchases. today is 30 to 40% because it is the only way that they can get it. they can't get all of the financing that they need for the purchasers comes of they are turning more to the leasing. it is a challeng
the good news is it is much better for the environment. but there has been a cost associated with that. so, costs are up and the lending is not what it once was. so we have many -- i showed you the small fleets are not growing the number of trucks they operate. in part the reason they are doing that, and i also showed you the age has gone up significantly so they are not worth as much as a 3-year-old truck, so we have many small fleets having to sell used trucks to afford one new one. part of...
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himself to making sure that his son and his three sisters could have access to a school with a safe environment in which to learn. within two years at a private school, he caught up with his classmates and he is now a student in college. his sisters, who are here with us today as well, they are attending a preparatory school in there on a similar path. i visited the school yesterday, and it is amazing. it is making a real difference in the lives of kids. without this help could possibly be lost. right now they have great teachers and small class sizes and a mission that says that every child has to succeed. no one should deny them this opportunity. [applause] >> joseph kelly, nor any parent should have to wait for failed education and failed school systems to get their act together. throughout the country, there are promising signs that we can bring schools and parents together to improve our education system. the administrators, teachers, the more money it receives from a low incomes who then there are incentives for reasons to differentiate themselves, the schools. imagine if we tried to move
himself to making sure that his son and his three sisters could have access to a school with a safe environment in which to learn. within two years at a private school, he caught up with his classmates and he is now a student in college. his sisters, who are here with us today as well, they are attending a preparatory school in there on a similar path. i visited the school yesterday, and it is amazing. it is making a real difference in the lives of kids. without this help could possibly be...
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what is going on here than the see this environment changing in a fundamental way? >> what is confused as there are two issues. do you want a particular subsidy spending like aiden the you have got and do you wanted in the tax cut? actually, do you want the tax code in the budget cents and you want the irs to administer it? the first issue is whether you want the provision which seems to me as the same issue you have a threat spending treks spending. my action is the one item i do say. low income levels have given what is going on an income and to -- distribution. i don't like the budget accounting because it feels like it is a tax cut when it is equivalent to direct it expenditure, so it makes it easier to enact and we should recognize the same effects as the direct span the chair. most of the subsidies. i think the irs probably gets it administered as best they can. it largely relates to this budget accounting concept that it looks like a negative tax and therefore is not the same thing as larger -- it appears to be smaller government when is larger. it has to do
what is going on here than the see this environment changing in a fundamental way? >> what is confused as there are two issues. do you want a particular subsidy spending like aiden the you have got and do you wanted in the tax cut? actually, do you want the tax code in the budget cents and you want the irs to administer it? the first issue is whether you want the provision which seems to me as the same issue you have a threat spending treks spending. my action is the one item i do say....
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and in a much less polarized environment, reauthorizing the violence against women act would be a slam dunk. but in today's peculiarized -- polarized washington, it seems no issue is immune from political gamesmanship. the problem with the underlying bill is simple. it denies constitutional rights to certain american citizens. i'm stunned that some of my colleagues are okay with this. i'm stunned that some self-proclaimed civil liberties organizations apparently have no objection to a flagrant violation of the united states constitution. they believe somehow that congress can legislate away constitutional rights. it cannot. the constitution is the fundamental law of the land, and no act of congress can violate the constitution and stand. constitutional rights should should not and are not northboundable -- negotiatable. they are not bargaining chips in a washington power game. they are permanent and they are sacrosanct. but here is the good news: there is an obvious compromise that would resolve this dispute and guarantee bipartisan support for reauthorizing the violence against women
and in a much less polarized environment, reauthorizing the violence against women act would be a slam dunk. but in today's peculiarized -- polarized washington, it seems no issue is immune from political gamesmanship. the problem with the underlying bill is simple. it denies constitutional rights to certain american citizens. i'm stunned that some of my colleagues are okay with this. i'm stunned that some self-proclaimed civil liberties organizations apparently have no objection to a flagrant...
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. >> most of us are in our environment how we were raised, and we learn from them. i have said there's five promises every adult should make. the first is a child should have a loving and caring adults in their life and the second is they should have a healthy start to read the child should have an education. the child should have a safe place. the second one is a promise you cannot teach. they should grow to be loving and caring adult and give something back. the usually emulate that who they were raised by and have their fellow suit. in the political process it is hard for anyone of you looking today to try to find a hero that says i'm willing to make a vote. hopefully we will give political leaders and policy makers the courage to say i am willing to sit down and talk. i'm not worried about guilt by conversation. even though i might disagree or think that you are not right for the left field i want to hear what you are coming from. maybe we can find some commonality. i am going to make a tough vote and if someone says you are going to make the vote, guess what, y
. >> most of us are in our environment how we were raised, and we learn from them. i have said there's five promises every adult should make. the first is a child should have a loving and caring adults in their life and the second is they should have a healthy start to read the child should have an education. the child should have a safe place. the second one is a promise you cannot teach. they should grow to be loving and caring adult and give something back. the usually emulate that who...
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it was a bad environment. single parent home, my mother and father got qorsed. my mother got married when she was 13. she was one of 24 children. had a horrible life. discovered her husband was a bigamist and only had a third grade education. she had to take care of us from dire poverty. had a horrible temper and horrible self-est teem. i had had a mother who believed in me. and i had a mother who would never allow herself to be a victim no matter what happened. never made excuses, and she never accepted an excuse from us. if we ever came up with an excuse, she said, do you have a brain? if the answer was yes, then she said, then you could have thought of your way out of it. it doesn't matter what anybody else did or said. and it was the most important thing she did for my brother and myself. because if you don't accept excuses, pretty soon people stop giving them and start look forking solutions. that's a critical issue when it comes to success. well, you know, we did live in dire poverty, and one of the things that i hated was poverty. some people hate spiders
it was a bad environment. single parent home, my mother and father got qorsed. my mother got married when she was 13. she was one of 24 children. had a horrible life. discovered her husband was a bigamist and only had a third grade education. she had to take care of us from dire poverty. had a horrible temper and horrible self-est teem. i had had a mother who believed in me. and i had a mother who would never allow herself to be a victim no matter what happened. never made excuses, and she...
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today the global environment is the most uncertain i have seen in the 36 years of service. it's unpredictable and dynamic. we simply don't know when we have to deploy soldiers to fight again. but history tells us that we will. we owe it to them, to ensure they have the proper resources to be ready when needed. the fiscal outlook which the u.s. army faces in fiscal year '13 is dire and to my knowledge unprecedented. in addition to the $180 billion. the combination of the continuing resolution a shortfall -- excuse me, the shortfall in oversays contingency operation funds for afghanistan and the sequester and fiscal year 2013 has resulted in a 17 to $18 billion shortfall to the army's operation and maintenance accounts. as well as an additional $6 billion to other programs. all of this will come in remaining seven months of this year. the fiscal year 2013 fiscal situation -- impact on all forces not serving in afghanistan or forward in korea. impacts which will have a significant impact to fiscal year 2014 and beyond. just a few of the acts we will be forced to take, are for
today the global environment is the most uncertain i have seen in the 36 years of service. it's unpredictable and dynamic. we simply don't know when we have to deploy soldiers to fight again. but history tells us that we will. we owe it to them, to ensure they have the proper resources to be ready when needed. the fiscal outlook which the u.s. army faces in fiscal year '13 is dire and to my knowledge unprecedented. in addition to the $180 billion. the combination of the continuing resolution a...
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it means developing personal relationships and having a place they can work in the environment. things like no budget, no pay. bipartisan feeding, not always a nation divided even with our leaders. i want to assure a video with you with congressman jack kingston of georgia. let's see what he had to say. >> the thing i really like is that i have to sit next to jim moran. i never really liked him, but it turns out we are friends. i would have walked if it weren't for my arch enemy nemesis. that is the problem, you start liking people. those kinds of relationships can take place because what happens in washington, when you decide you don't like somebody, something like this brings you together and you find out you were the one that was wrong. this is a great group with lots of potential and i am behind it. [applause] >> that is a great message from a republican from georgia about a relationship he has with a democrat and virginia. i know that the congressman sent his best. he plans to be here but he has a 103 degree fever. we need him back in congress and in the working group to ma
it means developing personal relationships and having a place they can work in the environment. things like no budget, no pay. bipartisan feeding, not always a nation divided even with our leaders. i want to assure a video with you with congressman jack kingston of georgia. let's see what he had to say. >> the thing i really like is that i have to sit next to jim moran. i never really liked him, but it turns out we are friends. i would have walked if it weren't for my arch enemy nemesis....